Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 and died in 1519, was a painter, architect, inventor, and student of all things scientific. He was talented in so many fields that he was labeled “Renaissance man.” Today he remains best known for his art, including two paintings that remain among the world’s most famous and admired, Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. Da Vinci received no formal education beyond basic reading, writing and math, but his father appreciated his artistic talent and sent him, at around age 15, to work with a very well respected sculptor and painter from Florence. Da Vinci contributed to science with early drawings and designs of a helicopter, much earlier than any other scientists. Leonardo also got involved in higher mathematics later in his historical life. When he began studying mathematics he did not know how to express his findings in terms that was recognized by mathematicians, so he often solved problems by drawing geographic shapes to calculate equations.
Grammar note:
Since Da Vinci ventured into so many fields and physically did so many things that this post would be an excellent opportunity to go over verbs.
Activity:
Students will identify at least five verbs from the post and create sentences using each verb. Once each verb has a sentence, they will read their sentences out loud to their classmates.
Their classmates will provide positive feedback and making recommendations on how to improve their sentences.
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